The Congos are a
reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as a duo with
Ashanti Roy (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and
Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica). and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the present day. They recorded the classic
Heart of The Congos in 1977, with producer
Lee "Scratch" Perry at the Black Ark Studio. Myton had previously been a member of
The Tartans in the late 1960s (…
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